Pegged for a Rat

An hour has passed since boarded the Burnyi Class Destroyers. All the crew members prepared the necessary procedures to leave the Port of London. 

In the captain's quarters, now Alexander's temporary office, Sevastian was holding a file in his hands reading it aloud as Alexander listened.

"The Queen of the Ruthenia Empire has issued an order to the Baltic Fleet to contact the Home Fleet of the Britannia Empire. Those ships will be the ones to pull the battleship out of Port of London." 

"Why are they reaching out to the Home Fleet directly and not to the government?" Alexander inquired, raising a good point.